The first estimates are in for the 2018 European Parliament budget, at €1.97 billion, according to a leaked Parliament document obtained by POLITICO.

The EU’s biggest ever parliamentary budget is set to grow at triple the rate of EU-wide inflation despite the threat of a Brexit budget hole from 2019 onwards.

Klaus Welle, the Parliament’s secretary-general, argued in the paper that millions should be spent highlighting the Spitzenkandidatsystem of choosing a European Commission president as part of a 2019 European election advertising campaign.

The paper stares down criticism from national capitals by describing groups selecting a lead candidate for the election — with the winning party’s candidate put forward as Commission president — as “an irreversible process.”

Playbook sifted through the competing budgetary demands and priorities. Here are the most important numbers.

€33.33 million — For a communications campaign ahead of European elections in 2019, an 11 percent increase on 2014 elections.

27 geeks — Number of positions in a beefed-up cybersecurity team.

40 Irish interpreters and translators — Needed to integrate Irish as an official language in parliamentary documents and meetings.

46 armed guards — The size of a new Parliament protection unit, including 12 for President Antonio Tajani.

76 extra political advisers —Despite an obligation to cut staff by 5 percent between 2013 and 2018, Welle wants to use a loophole to hire more political staff. There are also plans to cut 60 civil servant positions, but the Parliament’s staff will grow overall, unlike the other EU institutions which are shrinking.

90 electric vehicles —Mostly cars, but possibly including bikes and scooters, up from the 60 electric cars currently in the Parliament’s fleet.

18.9 percent — The increase in spending on work travel expected if Parliament lifts a nine-year freeze on the payments Parliament staff receive when making business trips.